I plan on working for as long as I can before I go on leave. It really depends how me and baby are feeling that late in the game though. The longer I wait to go on leave the longer I'll have with baby!

With my first I left 10 days before my due date, and I had baby 8 days late. It was such a long time! The first week was nice to clean, nap, fill the freezer with food, but then after that I was bored out of my mind, and it made the waiting that much worse. This time I am having a planned c-section, so I will work until 1 week before that.

I'm due June 17 and planned to take mine on May 25, 3 weeks before baby comes. My job requires a lot of standing so I'm considering taking it a bit sooner. I guess I'll just see how it goes and see how I'm feeling.

One thing to consider if you are thinking of leaving early and using sick time or vacation time to do so, you are going to want lots of those banked up when you go back to work. Toddlers are germ factories, and you will be sick a lot after your baby starts at daycare, as well as having to miss work for baby being sick or having appointments. You will also want to just take a random Friday off here and there, either to catch up on things that get neglected, or to spend time with your baby.

I worked up until the day I went into labour. My water broke once I got home from work. I wanted to work the latest I possibly could because I wanted to be home with my LO the entire 12 months. I will say though, the last month I used numerous sick days because I was extremely ill (heartburn made me puke all day long) so it was tough getting through that long. Good luck with whatever you decide!

In BC you can leave up to 11 weeks early and it's 17 weeks leave ( EI covers 15 because there is a two week waiting period). I'm not sure what province you are in, but it could vary. It still feels pretty early to me, I think I'll wait till mid June.

Today was my last day of work and I'm 37 weeks. I had originally planned to work right up until labour but decided I needed some time to rest before LO arrives. I work a pretty intense job and just became really worn out over the last few weeks.

also in Canada here...I planned to work up to delivery but got taken off work at 34 weeks and then ended up having LO early at 36weeks. I'm pregnant with my second now and I'm only planning to work until 35weeks or as long as I can.

I'm due mid June and planning on taking mat leave June 1. However, this is my first baby and there is good chance of delivering late with first baby. I don't want to sit at home for weeks doing nothing but be bored

I'm due June 15th. I was planning on staying until June 9th. However I work retail management, it got too demanding/I've also been on bed rest for a week from a stomach virus, so my doctor wrote me off to go on medical leave before maternity, as of yesterday.

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